A few things to make you think about Dean and his ability to be President:

Q: How did you get the bug to do this and enter politics?

A: Jimmy Carter. I was a big fan of Jimmy Carter’s and I worked in his 1980 re-election campaign and got to know a lot of people in politics in Vermont. Politics in Vermont until you get to the most senior levels is a part-time profession, so I was county chairman for a while I was practicing medicine ... I was in the legislature.

If I was running for high office, Jimmy Carter wouldn't come up in any sentence that didn't start with "I'd do everything different..."